ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,748, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to RAFT LLC (Reston, Va.).

"Computer program and method for providing real-time analysis and strategy through an automated air battle manager" was invented by Steve Morgan (Whitesboro, N.Y.), Bhaarat Sharma (Vienna, Va.), Alec Karkonta (Spring Hill, Fla.), Trey Coleman (Niceville, Fla.) and Shubhi Mishra (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed towards a computer-implemented method for communicating real-time aerial combat analysis and strategy. The method may include creating one or more communication channels for one or more affiliated pilots engaged in aerial combat ...